Trump's pro-Second Amendment platform could end gun sales boom

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[Red in Blue PA]

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to push to relax gun laws when he takes office, but significant changes in the firearms industry began as soon as he was elected – and some put the law of unintended consequences squarely in the cross hairs.

For instance, while Trump’s unapologetic pro-Second Amendment stance may be good for gun owners, it has already dealt a blow to manufacturers, who enjoyed record sales throughout President Obama’s eight years in office. Stocks in companies like Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. plunged on Nov. 9, and experts say it is because Trump’s election erased fears that guns would become harder to get.

“A lot of people were buying guns simply because they were worried Hillary Clinton’s regulations would make it more costly and more difficult to buy guns, and people are not going to feel quite the need to go out and buy guns now,” Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott told FoxNews.com. “I think the stock market is a pretty good predictor of what’s going to happen, and the fact that you see drops in stock prices by almost 20 percentage points –I think that’s pretty significant.”

[elteemike]

Exactly what I told my wife when she asked me how many guns I had...

Kinda like her and shoes...

[Paul R.]

Darn. Was afraid of that. Haven’t even fired the .22 revolver yet (have been too busy with elderly / ill parents.) So I didn’t have anything to compare.

I do have a Crosman 1322 pellet pistol, but even at 10 pumps, it doesn’t really have enough power to reliably kill quickly, say, a large opossum, without a perfect shot. (I’ve actually surprised myself with the accuracy of the 1322, but a perfect or even “very good” shot I’m not!)

Thanks for the info., though!

[CapnJack]

Close enough